MEDITATIVE ABSORPTION - Testimonials 2023:

My time in Daria's class has revolutionized my orientation toward meditation. So much has been undone and cracked open in me. When I leave class, I always feel expansion - whether blissful or challenging or both. The practice is accessible and grounding, especially if you struggle to find time to maintain a more robust spiritual or physical practice. Especially if you have a background in Chinese medicine or internal alchemy, I highly recommend taking this class. It has made me feel like a seeker again in the best of ways - while knowing all along what I've sought is already there.

Lichen Bouboushian

(…) It has been illuminating for me to receive transmission of texts that flow from a deep meeting place of Taoist and Buddhist practice, not only in the texts themselves but in Daria's own extensive and dedicated decades of personal practice. With a focus on allowing the natural illuminating vitality of our own nature to shine, these classes have brought so much clarity, delight, and innate knowing to my own practice: it has felt like a boost of inspiration and support each week, like receiving a clear, vital state of mind that I can bring to any of my activities. Daria offers a sense of ease and playfulness as well, which has been so helpful for my sitting practice, allowing me to find relaxation and openness rather than tension and struggle. I love how we have been diving into the same texts over and over, week by week, peeling back layers, opening up new commentaries, finding fresh depths each time. In a more technical way, all kinds of teachings about yin and yang, the tan tiens, and my internal energetic structure have moved out of the conceptual realm and into my body as a result of these classes. I think for me this has happened on account of getting to spend so much time in the texts, as mentioned, allowing me to go beyond a textual understanding and having the time and space to find these things for myself. Thank you

Andrew Braddock